LC BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#132

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1787

peak 1806 · rated over 75 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

102

in the data

First seen

2019-11-15

latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#13

Master 2021

Grand champs

8 reserve

Category wins

53 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 102 contests

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

712.5716 / 720

Master · Central Plains Ribfest Day 2

Perfect 180s

12 🔥

Current form

690.11 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 686.97 (+3.15)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

Consistency

±10.18

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.58 · weakest Brisket (170.40)

Road miles

45,513

mi across 102 mapped stops · furthest 2730 mi

Schedule strength

83%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)

Purse competed for

$1224K

listed at 63 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

5 🏅

GCs in 68 state-championship entries

Master avg

686.97 / 720

89 Master contests · 5 GCs

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Storylines (21 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

The heartbreaker

0.0116 points from the title

Came within 0.0116 points of the Grand Championship at Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown (2025-06-21).

Among the elite

#132 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 2% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1787 puts them #132 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 2% of the field.

rating 1787
peak 1806
75 rated contests

The 180 club

12 perfect 180s

12 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 4 different meats.

Chicken ×4
Pork Ribs ×4
Pork ×2
Brisket ×2

Against the odds

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) (2021-05-14) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 16-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BOOMERANG BBQ.

Giant slayer

43 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 43-team field at Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2.

2021-09-04

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships here

Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 20%

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) (2020-11-20).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 78 of 102 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 102 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

712.5716 career-best overall

99.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 712.5716 at Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 — 99.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2021-06-19

State champions

5 state championships won

They've taken 5 state championships from 68 entries at contests carrying the title.

68 state-championship entries

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Chingon BBQ has finished one call ahead of LC BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 3 Grand Championships

2021 was the year it came together: 44 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 12 category wins, at an average finish in the top 29%.

44 contests
20 overall top-10s
12 category wins
average top 29%

A tough matchup

32–6 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 84% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 32 of their 38 shared contests.

A strong matchup

19–6 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 76% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of REDMULE'S BBQ in 19 of their 25 shared contests.

The comeback

2.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (2019-11-15).

last seen 2017-06-09
back 2019-11-15

Chicken nemesis

34 of 49 shared chicken entries lost

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has out-cooked them in 34 of 49 shared chicken entries.

Always the bridesmaid

8 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 8 times against 5 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

5 Grand Championships
102 contests

They cook the hard rooms

1609 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1609 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.

75 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Slightly Sauced has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

45,513 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 45,513 miles across 102 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,730 miles to Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown.

102 mapped stops
furthest 2,730 mi

The metronome

±1.41% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.41% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 95.4% of a perfect score
102 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

Bushmaster BBQ

#131 of the rated field

1787 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 105
GCs: 11
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1819

13–15 in 28 shared contests (46% to LC BBQ)

These two have cooked 28 of the same contests — Bushmaster BBQ ahead 15–13 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 87 contests
last seen 2026-02-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Backcorner BBQ

#130 of the rated field

1787 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 63
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 68%
Peak: 1799

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than LC BBQ has cooked, 63 to 102, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 61 contests
last seen 2024-09-21
on an 8-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

BIGG SMOAK BBQ

#135 of the rated field

1786 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 73
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1793

3–3 in 6 shared contests (50% to LC BBQ)

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 73 contests, alongside a 62% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 69 contests
last seen 2026-08-14
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ

#134 of the rated field

1786 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1821

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LC BBQ)

They've been 1821 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 89 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

⚔ Head-to-head

TIRE SMOKE BBQ

#128 of the rated field

1788 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 102
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1830

6–4 in 10 shared contests (60% to LC BBQ)

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 91 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ

#126 of the rated field

1788 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 105
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 49%
Peak: 1819

9–8 in 17 shared contests (53% to LC BBQ)

Level with LC BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 95 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	49	24	25	49%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	38	6	32	16%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer	36	18	18	50%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	35	15	20	43%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	33	22	11	67%	⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ	31	12	19	39%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	31	12	19	39%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	29	13	16	45%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	29	10	19	34%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	28	16	12	57%	⚔ compare
Rio Valley Meat BBQ	28	14	14	50%	⚔ compare
Piggin' Whiskey	28	14	14	50%	⚔ compare
Bushmaster BBQ	28	13	15	46%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	27	14	13	52%	⚔ compare
TRIPLE H BBQ	27	10	17	37%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	93	32	4	9	180.0000 🔥	155.9772	172.58	top 37%
Pork Ribs	100	49	6	19	180.0000 🔥	158.2516	172.42	top 32%
Pork	96	39	8	13	180.0000 🔥	155.3828	171.51	top 37%
Brisket	93	32	3	12	180.0000 🔥	157.0744	170.40	top 39%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	15	0	top 29%
TX	15	1	top 23%
GA	9	1	top 30%
OK	9	0	top 31%
AL	6	0	top 38%
TN	4	0	top 31%
WI	4	0	top 32%
MT	3	0	top 20%
WY	3	0	top 23%
ID	2	0	top 50%
MN	2	0	top 17%
MO	2	0	top 66%
CO	2	0	top 20%
SC	2	0	top 30%
IL	2	0	top 27%
NE	2	1	top 26%
NC	2	0	top 45%
AK	1	0	top 25%
SD	1	0	top 25%
NM	1	0	top 27%
MS	1	1	top 6%
OR	1	0	top 27%
UT	1	1	top 3%
AZ	1	0	top 9%
AR	1	0	top 33%
KY	1	0	top 7%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	1	top 24%
Medium (20–39)	39	3	top 31%
Large (40+)	48	1	top 27%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)	3	4	0	top 42%	2025-10-16
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	3	7	0	top 22%	2025-10-10
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	24	0	top 15%	2023-09-27
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	3	12	0	top 24%	2023-09-27
Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)	2	1	1	top 20%	2021-05-15
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	2	15	0	top 14%	2025-11-05
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	36	0	top 13%	2025-11-05
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2	9	0	top 16%	2025-09-12
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2	7	0	top 44%	2025-06-14
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2	2	0	top 20%	2025-06-13
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2	6	0	top 19%	2022-04-01
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two)	2	6	0	top 27%	2021-06-26
Humble BBQ Cook Off	2	15	0	top 20%	2021-01-29
McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2)	2	5	0	top 22%	2020-11-21

The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2019-11-15 → 2025-11-05

Busiest season 2021 44 contests · 3 GCs

Contests a season 12.8 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 17 of 102 contests · 27 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 75 14 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 100 entries · 6 wins · 49 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 172.58 · weakest Brisket (170.40)

Walk rate 76% a top-10 call in 78 of 102 contests

Overall top-10 rate 39% 40 of 102 contests

Wins it all 5% 5 Grand Championships · 8 reserve

First title 2021-05-14 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 686.97 out of 720 · 89 contests · 5 GCs

Perfect 180s 12 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 2,450 5,506–1,858 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 45,513 102 mapped stops · furthest 2,730 mi

Schedule strength 1609 average field rating faced — tougher than 83% of rated contests

Purse competed for $1,224,310 listed at 63 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 5 from 68 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.4 yrs 2017-06-09 → 2019-11-15

Power rating 1787 peak 1806 · #132 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Jun 9 First tracked contest Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
2019
Nov 15 First call McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ
Nov 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1944 McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ
2020
Nov 20 First category win (Pork Ribs) McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1)
Nov 20 First overall top-10 McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1)
Nov 20 First multi-meat day McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1)
2021
Jan 29 10th tracked contest Humble BBQ Cook Off
Apr 9 First overall podium Smoke on the Falls
Apr 9 First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Falls
Apr 23 First perfect 180 (Pork) 16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
May 14 First Grand Championship Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
May 14 First state championship Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
May 22 25th tracked contest GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2
Jun 19 10th category win Central Plains Ribfest Day 2
Jun 19 Career-best overall score712.5716 Central Plains Ribfest Day 2
Sep 4 Biggest field won (43 teams) Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2
Sep 16 5th perfect 180 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Oct 30 50th tracked contest Boo-B-Que - Day 2
2024
Oct 11 10th perfect 180 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
2025
Apr 4 5th Grand Championship Smokin on the Rez
Apr 4 Peak power rating (1806) Smokin on the Rez
Oct 16 100th tracked contest Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
Nov 5 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1	2020-09-18
+15.2	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2)	2020-11-21
+14.5	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1	2021-05-21
+13.7	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2	2021-09-04
+13.7	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1)	2020-11-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.7	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2025-06-14
-11.9	Boo-B-Que - Day 2	2021-10-30
-8.4	Smoke-N-Wings	2024-06-28
-6.6	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)	2021-06-25
-5.9	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1	2021-07-30

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	17	1	4	2	71%	top 30%	97.8%	95.9%
2024	13	1	8	3	85%	top 20%	98.2%	96.2%
2023	7	0	3	1	29%	top 27%	97.2%	95.8%
2022	12	0	3	1	42%	top 33%	97.9%	95.4%
2021	44	3	20	12	95%	top 29%	99%	95.2%
2020	7	0	2	2	71%	top 31%	95.9%	94.6%
2019	1	0	0	0	100%	top 46%	92.5%	92.5%
2017	1	0	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	15 / 158 (698.2172)	2 (180.0000)	86 (171.9772)	114 (168.5372)	14 (177.7028)
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	36 / 401 (697.0512)	100 (174.2628)	32 (176.5600)	127 (173.1084)	91 (173.1200)
2025-10-16	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	26 / 36 (686.7312)	26 (174.2628)	15 (173.1200)	25 (170.8228)	26 (168.5256)
2025-10-10	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	15 / 90 (695.9196)	13 (177.1428)	49 (171.9656)	33 (173.7028)	29 (173.1084)
2025-09-12	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	21 / 92 (680.5600)	29 (169.7028)	2 (178.8800)	48 (166.8572)	38 (165.1200)
2025-08-29	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	17 / 39 (686.2284)	7 (176.5600)	34 (161.7028)	22 (170.8112)	5 (177.1544)
2025-08-22	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	13 / 38 (688.5028)	18 (171.9656)	30 (162.2628)	1 (178.8572)	10 (175.4172)
2025-06-21	Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eagle River, AK	2 / 8 (703.9660)	1 (180.0000)	3 (174.2860)	3 (178.8572)	6 (170.8228)
2025-06-14	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	25 / 36 (672.9712)	15 (173.1200)	13 (170.8228)	13 (169.6800)	33 (159.3484)
2025-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	31 (158.2516)	—	—
2025-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	13 / 36 (681.6000)	12 (170.2628)	7 (173.1316)	26 (166.2400)	14 (171.9656)
2025-06-06	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	12 / 48 (689.6228)	21 (171.4172)	8 (175.4172)	17 (171.9656)	16 (170.8228)
2025-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	3 (174.2628)	—	—
2025-05-02	The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands Ruidoso Downs, NM	8 / 30 (694.2172)	14 (173.1200)	5 (175.4172)	9 (175.4056)	14 (170.2744)
2025-04-11	Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL	13 / 31 (693.6456)	9 (175.4056)	10 (174.8572)	16 (173.7028)	20 (169.6800)
2025-04-04	Smokin on the Rez 🏅 Ridgeland, MS	1 / 17 (700.4796)	6 (176.5600)	5 (173.1084)	8 (173.1084)	3 (177.7028)
2025-02-21	Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN	8 / 42 (686.2056)	14 (171.9656)	14 (170.2628)	20 (169.6800)	4 (174.2972)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	32 / 169 (693.6344)	113 (169.6800)	88 (170.8344)	24 (176.5600)	21 (176.5600)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	79 / 444 (689.6916)	207 (169.7144)	175 (170.8344)	49 (176.0000)	66 (173.1428)
2024-10-17	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	14 / 33 (691.9084)	29 (168.5256)	7 (176.5716)	18 (171.4056)	10 (175.4056)
2024-10-11	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	7 / 87 (697.6568)	9 (176.0000)	35 (173.1084)	48 (168.5484)	1 (180.0000)
2024-08-16	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	4 / 29 (701.6916)	5 (177.7028)	16 (170.2744)	5 (176.0116)	2 (177.7028)
2024-08-09	East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT	2 / 18 (688.5604)	5 (169.7144)	3 (170.8688)	3 (176.0000)	3 (171.9772)
2024-07-06	2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	10 / 37 (687.9200)	15 (173.1200)	10 (174.2628)	20 (170.2628)	15 (170.2744)
2024-06-28	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	16 / 28 (678.1716)	10 (171.9772)	11 (172.5600)	16 (167.3944)	15 (166.2400)
2024-06-21	Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	1 / 29 (707.3828)	4 (178.8572)	4 (176.5600)	1 (176.5600)	4 (175.4056)
2024-06-08	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	7 / 37 (691.9200)	17 (174.2744)	4 (176.5600)	5 (176.5600)	30 (164.5256)
2024-06-07	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	2 / 41 (698.2516)	13 (173.1428)	3 (174.2744)	8 (173.1200)	1 (177.7144)
2024-06-07	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	7 (170.2744)	—	—
2024-05-31	Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	5 / 32 (687.3604)	14 (171.9772)	25 (162.8116)	3 (174.8572)	3 (177.7144)
2023-10-20	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	4 / 35 (701.6572)	25 (169.6800)	1 (180.0000)	7 (177.7144)	12 (174.2628)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	64 / 487 (690.2056)	56 (176.0000)	147 (171.9772)	70 (174.8456)	232 (167.3828)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	45 / 211 (690.7884)	46 (175.4172)	82 (172.5600)	140 (168.5484)	44 (174.2628)
2023-09-08	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	9 / 99 (686.2856)	14 (173.1428)	14 (174.2972)	36 (169.7028)	26 (169.1428)
2023-08-12	5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Mayetta, KS	53 / 62 (684.4572)	25 (175.4172)	57 (169.6800)	26 (173.1200)	59 (166.2400)
2023-08-11	5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Mayetta, KS	41 / 90 (685.6232)	50 (170.8344)	28 (174.2744)	25 (174.2744)	71 (166.2400)
2023-03-31	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	2 / 57 (699.9312)	14 (170.8228)	7 (176.5600)	9 (174.8456)	2 (177.7028)
2022-11-12	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Gadsden, AL	44 / 61 (683.8856)	54 (166.2400)	11 (177.7028)	29 (172.5600)	49 (167.3828)
2022-11-11	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL	42 / 91 (679.8860)	72 (166.2400)	34 (170.8460)	42 (170.8228)	23 (171.9772)
2022-10-21	Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Roswell, GA	16 / 35 (689.0284)	25 (170.8228)	14 (174.2628)	23 (168.5372)	12 (175.4056)
2022-10-14	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	34 / 83 (677.6112)	29 (171.9656)	53 (169.1084)	77 (160.5372)	6 (176.0000)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	108 / 249 (683.2912)	140 (170.8112)	96 (171.9772)	148 (169.6800)	101 (170.8228)
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	24 / 505 (695.9200)	95 (173.1200)	167 (170.8228)	39 (176.5600)	38 (175.4172)
2022-06-24	Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Carthage, TX	4 / 16 (689.6344)	9 (168.5372)	10 (166.8228)	3 (174.2744)	1 (180.0000)
2022-05-05	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	18 / 72 (681.6000)	38 (168.5256)	17 (173.1200)	39 (167.9772)	20 (171.9772)
2022-04-08	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	13 / 34 (680.4456)	19 (168.5256)	21 (166.2400)	17 (169.1200)	4 (176.5600)
2022-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	6 / 56 (690.7768)	7 (173.7028)	13 (171.9656)	9 (174.8456)	13 (170.2628)
2022-02-18	BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ	3 / 34 (705.0972)	11 (175.4056)	5 (176.5716)	6 (176.5600)	4 (176.5600)
2021-11-13	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational unrated Shawnee, OK	26 / 92 (693.6456)	32 (175.4172)	29 (174.8456)	2 (178.8572)	76 (164.5256)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK	63 / 111 (677.0172)	2 (178.8572)	73 (166.8344)	103 (160.5028)	42 (170.8228)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary unrated Shawnee, OK	—	—	—	8 (173.1200)	—
2021-10-30	Boo-B-Que - Day 2 🏅 Unity Village, MO	28 / 33 (675.3372)	25 (170.8228)	6 (175.4400)	31 (165.0856)	28 (163.9888)
2021-10-30	Boo-B-Que - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Unity Village, MO	—	—	1 (180.0000)	—	—
2021-10-29	Boo-B-Que - Day 1 🏅 Unity Village, MO	19 / 41 (687.3712)	29 (170.2512)	14 (171.9772)	25 (170.2628)	9 (174.8800)
2021-10-22	Esperanza Bonanza 🏅 Marion, AR	9 / 27 (687.9544)	4 (173.1200)	16 (170.8228)	9 (174.8572)	15 (169.1544)
2021-10-15	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY	2 / 27 (705.6916)	1 (180.0000)	13 (171.4172)	4 (177.7144)	10 (176.5600)
2021-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY	7 / 26 (683.9200)	1 (176.0000)	10 (170.8344)	20 (162.8228)	5 (174.2628)
2021-10-01	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	8 / 27 (681.0168)	13 (171.9656)	3 (174.8572)	16 (166.2284)	15 (167.9656)
2021-09-24	TN River BBQ Battle 🏅 Savannah, TN	6 / 10 (675.8512)	10 (161.6456)	8 (168.5372)	1 (176.0000)	4 (169.6684)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	12 / 185 (698.2172)	75 (171.9772)	4 (180.0000)	70 (171.9772)	45 (174.2628)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	123 / 467 (674.2056)	100 (171.9656)	54 (174.2972)	199 (166.2744)	276 (161.6684)
2021-09-04	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 🏅 Augusta, GA	1 / 43 (705.6800)	16 (173.7028)	3 (178.8572)	7 (175.4056)	6 (177.7144)
2021-09-03	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 🏅 Augusta, GA	7 / 37 (693.6572)	10 (174.8572)	7 (174.8688)	20 (171.9656)	14 (171.9656)
2021-08-20	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	14 / 43 (671.3256)	13 (166.2744)	14 (167.4172)	8 (172.5484)	17 (165.0856)
2021-08-13	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	8 / 42 (675.3144)	4 (175.4288)	6 (172.5600)	15 (166.2400)	24 (161.0856)
2021-08-06	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	9 / 42 (684.4800)	12 (171.9772)	5 (175.4172)	5 (174.8456)	24 (162.2400)
2021-08-01	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Dodge City, KS	11 / 26 (689.0284)	12 (171.9772)	13 (171.9656)	8 (173.1200)	11 (171.9656)
2021-07-30	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Dodge City, KS	12 / 27 (685.6228)	12 (173.1084)	20 (166.8344)	12 (171.4172)	10 (174.2628)
2021-07-30	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition - One Meat Rib Contest Dodge City, KS	—	—	12 (166.2284)	—	—
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	25 / 81 (682.1712)	24 (171.4056)	50 (163.9544)	20 (171.4056)	8 (175.4056)
2021-06-26	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	6 / 43 (683.9088)	21 (170.8228)	13 (171.4172)	4 (174.2744)	20 (167.3944)
2021-06-25	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	20 / 49 (670.8112)	19 (167.4172)	2 (175.4400)	22 (169.1428)	40 (158.8112)
2021-06-19	Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 🏅 Holdrege, NE	1 / 36 (712.5716)	2 (180.0000)	1 (180.0000)	8 (173.1316)	2 (179.4400)
2021-06-18	Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 🏅 Holdrege, NE	20 / 40 (672.5144)	7 (176.0000)	34 (159.3944)	21 (165.1200)	12 (172.0000)
2021-06-11	Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	4 / 27 (700.5144)	1 (178.8572)	5 (176.5716)	8 (175.4056)	8 (169.6800)
2021-06-04	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	13 / 48 (673.6456)	2 (177.1772)	18 (167.4288)	25 (166.8228)	23 (162.2168)
2021-05-22	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 🏅 Evans, GA	9 / 21 (688.4684)	4 (176.5600)	2 (178.8572)	13 (169.6800)	20 (163.3712)
2021-05-21	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 🏅 Evans, GA	2 / 21 (687.8856)	18 (168.5256)	4 (171.9888)	1 (175.4056)	10 (171.9656)
2021-05-15	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) 🏅 Plainview, TX	8 / 22 (678.1600)	11 (171.9656)	2 (176.5716)	1 (175.4056)	17 (161.0972)
2021-05-14	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX	1 / 33 (690.8228)	11 (173.7372)	4 (174.2628)	12 (169.1200)	3 (173.7028)
2021-05-07	Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK	12 / 53 (687.9200)	7 (176.5600)	25 (169.1316)	1 (180.0000)	26 (162.2284)
2021-05-01	City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	2 / 14 (698.8112)	2 (178.8572)	1 (176.5600)	7 (167.9884)	3 (175.4056)
2021-04-23	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	10 / 41 (687.3372)	31 (165.0972)	3 (176.5600)	1 (180.0000)	27 (165.6800)
2021-04-09	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	2 / 38 (695.9428)	12 (172.5600)	1 (178.8572)	7 (173.1200)	10 (171.4056)
2021-03-20	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	19 / 50 (686.7884)	29 (170.2628)	34 (167.3944)	4 (177.7028)	16 (171.4284)
2021-03-19	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	18 / 56 (684.5140)	37 (169.7028)	2 (177.7372)	18 (170.8228)	41 (166.2512)
2021-03-19	Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs Shawnee, OK	—	—	5 (174.8456)	—	—
2021-03-12	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC	11 / 39 (686.7660)	9 (175.4288)	5 (176.5716)	27 (166.2400)	18 (168.5256)
2021-03-05	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	21 / 81 (681.0516)	18 (171.4172)	9 (174.2744)	20 (170.2628)	49 (165.0972)
2021-02-20	NC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 Raleigh, NC	14 / 21 (679.3144)	5 (175.4172)	12 (169.1200)	5 (174.2628)	19 (160.5144)
2021-02-19	NC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 🏅 Raleigh, NC	5 / 21 (689.0628)	5 (177.1428)	6 (174.2744)	9 (170.8228)	13 (166.8228)
2021-01-29	Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX	30 / 113 (650.7312)	49 (155.9772)	5 (174.8572)	47 (156.5256)	24 (163.3712)
2020-11-21	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Waco, TX	5 / 25 (690.2400)	7 (175.4400)	5 (173.1200)	17 (165.6800)	2 (176.0000)
2020-11-20	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Waco, TX	6 / 26 (689.6688)	18 (164.5488)	1 (178.8572)	1 (176.5600)	10 (169.7028)
2020-09-19	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	23 / 56 (683.3600)	29 (172.5600)	29 (168.5600)	16 (173.1316)	32 (169.1084)
2020-09-18	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	12 / 56 (686.1940)	11 (173.1200)	29 (169.6800)	21 (171.4056)	19 (171.9884)
2020-08-21	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	22 / 43 (679.9200)	27 (169.6800)	16 (170.8344)	8 (176.0000)	32 (163.4056)
2020-02-14	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX	20 / 42 (671.3028)	27 (163.3944)	5 (174.8456)	15 (170.8228)	25 (162.2400)
2020-01-31	Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX	15 / 117 (668.0572)	6 (173.1428)	16 (169.1656)	42 (161.1316)	23 (164.6172)
2019-11-15	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ Belton, TX	11 / 24 (666.1944)	7 (172.5600)	3 (170.8572)	13 (165.7028)	19 (157.0744)
2017-06-09	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	—	—	—	—	—

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Master	#117 (1496 pts)	#102 (1536 pts)	#88 (1730 pts)	#148 (1311 pts)	#124 (1421 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#74 (1686 pts)	#148 (1241 pts)	#97 (1500 pts)	#76 (1556 pts)	#69 (1606 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#288 (765 pts)	#384 (590 pts)	#359 (710 pts)	#377 (565 pts)	#319 (690 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#199 (1059 pts)	#220 (1009 pts)	#306 (839 pts)	#178 (1134 pts)	#180 (1129 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#13 (2402 pts)	#11 (2368 pts)	#3 (2636 pts)	#8 (2355 pts)	#33 (1940 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#205 (584 pts)	#193 (639 pts)	#152 (739 pts)	#197 (619 pts)	#288 (419 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1574 (119 pts)	#1428 (154 pts)	#1170 (224 pts)	#1741 (109 pts)	#1879 (79 pts)